Re: What Wee Dram are you enjoying now?

Had a Jura Superstition last night. Not bad by any means, but a little on the boring side. Mostly caramel malty flavors with light smoke. It opened up a bit as the pour progressed and got a bit of nice salt in the finish, but it could have used some more complexity or oomph.

Re: What Wee Dram are you enjoying now?

Originally Posted by ChainWhip

Oh? Now my interest is piqued.

Candidly, it's just a painfully average peated whisky that's very over-priced. It's not awful, but I'd take Ardmore TC (at $25) over it every time. Any standard release Laphroaig 10 or Ardbeg 10 are much, much better.

As far as being something "special" it is indeed a complete fail - unless by "special" they meant shockingly mediocre and not nearly as good as other stuff they've done...

Re: What Wee Dram are you enjoying now?

Re: What Wee Dram are you enjoying now?

Originally Posted by black mamba

Enjoying one of my favorites tonight, some Caol Ila 12.

Always a great one!

I can't recommend strongly enough that you look for some single-barrel/CS offerings - the younger the better (seriously...) if you like Caol Ila. At 6-10 years, and CS, this stuff is smokin'! Some of my favorite pours have been youthful CIs, and they don't usually cost stupid money ($50-$75) compared to other single barrel Islay offerings.

I know it sounds counter-intuitive to suggest younger whiskey, but CI gets so soft, delicate and gentle as it ages (more so than the other peat monsters), and when it's young, it's just a firecracker of smoke, olive oil, fishy, citrusy flavors.